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Parage






Parage

Equality of name or blood, but more especially of land in the partition of an inheritance among co-heirs, hence comes disparage and disparagement.

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Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.

Blood
Kindred. 1) This word, in the law sense, is used to signify relationship, stock, or family; as, of the blood of the ancestor. 2) Brothers and sisters are said to be of the whole blood, if they have the same father and mother of the half blood, if they have only one parent in common.

Partition
Conveyancing. A deed of partition is, one by which lands held in joint tenancy, coparcenary, or in common, are divided into distinct portions, and allotted to the several parties, who take them in severalty.

Inheritance
1) Estates. A perpetuity in lands to a man and his heirs; or it is the right to succeed to the estate of a person who died intestate. 2) The property which is inherited is called an inheritance. 3) Among the civilians, by inheritance is understood the succession to all the rights of the deceased.

Comes
1) Offices. A Count. An officer during the middle ages, who possessed civil and military authority. 2) Pleading. The word comes, venit, expresses the appearance of the defendant , in court.

Disparagement
An injury by union or comparison with some person or thing of inferior rank or excellence.



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Paragium
A Latin term which signifies equality. It is derived from the adjective par, equal, and made a substantive by the addition of agium;

Paralegal
A person who is not a lawyer or is not acting in that capacity but who provides a limited number of legal services. Each country differs in the authority it gives paralegals in exercising what traditionally would be lawyers' work.

Paramount
That which is superior.

Paraphernalia
The name given to all such things as a woman has a right to retain as her own property, after her hushand's death; they consist generally of her clothing, jewels, and ornaments suitable to her condition, which she used personally during his life.

Paratitla
Civil law. An abbreviated explanation of some titles or books of the Code or Digest.

Paratum habeo
A return made by the sheriff to a capias ad respondendum, which signified that he had the defendant ready to bring into court. This was a fiction where the defendant was at large. Afterwards be was required by statute to take bail from the defendant, and he returned cepi corpus and bail bond. But still he might be ruled to bring in the body.

Paravail
Tenant paravail is the lowest tenant of the fee, or he who is the immediate tenant to one who holds of another. He is called tenant paravail, because it is presumed he has the avails or profits of the land.



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Paperbound supplement
A temporary supplement to a book or books to update the serve.

Papirian code
The name of a collection of the Roman laws, promulgated by Romulus, Numa, and other kings who governed.

Par
Common law. Equal. It is used to denote a state of equality or equal value. Bills of exchange, stocks, and the like, are at par when they sell for their nominal value; above par, or below par, when they sell for more or less.

Par delictum
(United Kingdom) Equal fault.

Par value shares
Shares issued by a company which have a minimum price. Shares which are without par value or "non par value shares" are shares which may be sold at whatever price the company's board of directors decides.

Parage

Paragium
A Latin term which signifies equality. It is derived from the adjective par, equal, and made a substantive by the addition of agium;

Paralegal
A person who is not a lawyer or is not acting in that capacity but who provides a limited number of legal services. Each country differs in the authority it gives paralegals in exercising what traditionally would be lawyers' work.

Paramount
That which is superior.

Paraphernalia
The name given to all such things as a woman has a right to retain as her own property, after her hushand's death; they consist generally of her clothing, jewels, and ornaments suitable to her condition, which she used personally during his life.

Paratitla
Civil law. An abbreviated explanation of some titles or books of the Code or Digest.

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